Metro Cinema Society: Call for Submissions: Experimental Documentaries to STEM Cell

Call for Submissions: Experimental Documentaries to STEM Cell

Metro Cinema will be presenting a program of experimental documentaries as part of STEM Cell: the Subterranean Edmonton Media Arts festival, from Feb 11 – 13, 2010.

We are seeking submissions of short Canadian non-fiction films, videos, and media art, with a special focus on non-traditional documentary forms, especially including: structurally or technically innovative non-fiction works; essay films; animated documentaries; works that blur the line between fact and fiction; works that attempt to express the lived experience of creators with altered perceptions; particularly evocative documentations of the mundane.

This will be the second instance of STEM Cell, building on the first event in April 2007, a partnership between Metro Cinema, FAVA, and Latitude 53. STEM Cell focuses on non-traditional film, video and media arts work.

Metro Cinema is a community-based non-profit society devoted to the exhibition and promotion of local, Canadian, international and independent film and video in Edmonton, Alberta. To this end, Metro exhibits an eclectic blend of film, video and media arts that would not otherwise screen in the city.

The submission form is here. When submitting, please include a brief description of your work (including year of completion and original production format) as well as an artist's biography. Preview copies may be submitted on VHS or DVD only. Works must be submitted in final edited form. The works will be curated by a peer jury. Artists whose work is included in the program will be paid the IMAA rate for multiple film/video screenings. There is no submission fee.

The deadline for submissions is 5:00pm on October 1, 2009. Please send your submission to: